[Ads-l] NYTimes: "A _fathom_ of lies"

[Andy Bach]

*A Times investigation* found that a Louisiana school previously celebrated
for getting underprivileged black students into top colleges falsified
transcripts, invented student accomplishments and exploited the worst
stereotypes of black America
<http://p.nytimes.com/email/re?location=pMJKdIFVI6pghfX2HXfSzxRpdoyDWYNWuWr9t/FYfi7Pbcgy+RdIKQMy92vRGnAsnc59Sb4RPqeK5m3DMVZtkH8T/iZV7tK2yG31j3AJwpDFcS8Tr/jnxcDl0ngi4EHXhKw/L7u26I+xN1Z8juZ13Upti3q2ujunOnqxZl3YOy0=&campaign_id=57&instance_id=5823&segment_id=8223&user_id=a908a479818f024d9e05edf3ee8eded0&regi_id=5433534720181130>.


“I was just a small piece in a whole fathom of lies,” one former student
said.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/30/us/tm-landry-college-prep-black-students.html?emc=edit_ne_20181130&nl=evening-briefing&nlid=5433534720181130&te=1

"Fabric of lies" maybe?
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